The Maricopa County Bar
Association (MCBA)
303
E. Palm Ln., Phoenix, AZ 85004.
Ph: (602)257-4200 is in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in
the nation. (Phoenix has jumped to being the sixth largest city in the United
States, and the rate of growth is greater than the ones above it in the list.)
Over 4,500 members, four divisions, and eleven sections, give it a size and
diversity of membership which provide something for everyone who practices in
Arizona and its thriving legal community. The Maricopa County Bar
Association of Arizona web site has a
directory of all its members and several other handy features. Get right to several Arizona links by going through the
Maricopa County Bar Association
(MCBA) , which has a great links page.
Arizona Bar
Ethics Opinions thru Arizona Bar is a good place to start research on
specific legal ethics opinion that will help lawyers in their daily practice.
Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct
Arizona
Statutes thru Arizona Legislature page. The
Arizona Revised Statutes on the Legislature's server have been updated with
the 47th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session information, and contain the version
of the statutes effective January 1, 2007
Arizona Supreme
Court Decisions
Arizona Court Rules by Westgroup
Arizona Supreme Court
Arizona State Bar, at
http://www.azbar.org/ is well
organized with a wealth of information to help you. Email them at
resourceguide@azbar.org . They can provide public record information on
attorneys such as addresses, telephone numbers and history of public complaints
or discipline. You also can learn an attorney’s area of expertise, if he or she
speaks a foreign language, and what law school he or she attended.
www.azbar.org See their links
page at Arizona State Bar Law
Links
Maricopa County
Superior Court has been judged as the best court web page in the world in
the 7th annual National Court Technology Conference. The court's web page
offers many resources, including the
Maricopa County Superior
Court Self Service Center , which
provides plain-English instructions, forms and assistance for some legal
procedures. The court's web page also includes a list of lawyers willing to advise self
represented individuals on a per-hour, non-retainer basis at locations in
Phoenix and Mesa. 24-hour hotline: 602-506-SELF (7353).
Arizona State University
Libraries
Ross-Blakley Law Library
home page.
Arizona is in the Federal Ninth Circuit. See
Federal Links at this research subweb.
In most states lost punitive damages are not recoverable in a subsequent
legal malpractice case. Leading proponents of this view are Illinois,
California, and New York. See See Ferguson v. Lieff, Cabraser,
Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, 30 Cal. 4th 1037, 69 P.3d 965 (2003); Summerville v.
Lipsig, 270 A.D. 2d 213, 704 N.Y.S.2d 598 (2000); Tri-G, Inc. v. Burke Bosselman
& Weaver, 2006 Ill. LEXIS 1090 . The legal theory is sound: punitive
damages are awarded to punish the wrongdoer and to deter that party and others
from committing similar acts; punitive damages are not awarded as compensation
to the plaintiff.
Arizona and some other states are in the minority. See Haberer v. Rice, 511
N.W.2d 279 (S.D. 1994); Scognamillo v. Olsen, 795 P.2d 1357 (Colo. App. 1990);
Elliott v. Videan, 164 Ariz. 113 (1989); and Hunt v. Dresie, 241 Kan. 647
(1987).
